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Time to move the business to larger quarters? Or maybe the existing telecommunications system needs to be upgraded and/or expanded. When a business faces these kinds of improvements, there’s only one reliable solution: Call an expert.

Installing telephone and data cabling isn’t simply a matter of pulling some lines through a wall. Today’s complex telecommunications systems, often combining telephone functions with
computer data, require the services of an expert to plan and set up a system that’s going to useful for today and upgradable for tomorrow.

After all, consider the technological advances of the past decade. Now think about what a crucial role telecommunications plays in today’s competitive global market. Faced with that
kind of competition and the prospect of continuous progress in telephone and computer systems, it makes good sense to get expert advice and installation for the cables that carry the voices and data essential to business.

It’s the details that count when designing a cabling system. Each telephone needs what’s known as a “phone point outlet” to connect to the main telephone switchboard – which in most cases these days is handled by a switchbox connected to a computer. Likewise, consider the amount of data that goes through computer network cables these days. The amount of information that goes around the world via telephone and network cables simply staggers the mind.

So don’t settle for what’s needed
today. Think ahead, because it’s cheaper and easier to have multiple phone points and data connections added today than months or years from now.

Some points to remember about telephone and data cabling:

* Telephone cabling should be able to serve a wide range of phone systems such as Avaya, Alcatel Lucent, NEC, Samsung, Commander LG-Nortel, Panasonic and more.
* The installer should be able to explain to the business’ satisfaction the placement and
function of such options as structured cabling, data cabling, data cabinets, patch cables, patch panels, network cabling and network switches.
* Technicians should be able to show accreditation as installers who can meet standards for cable, such as the differences among CAT 5, CAT5E, CAT6, fiber optic cables and more. What’s more, the technicians should be able to explain to the customer what each kind of cable is and what it’s used for in a business configuration.
* Installers should demonstrate understanding of how to set up the base unit for wireless WIFI (it’s wireless to use, but it has to plug in somewhere), Ethernet cabling, Voice over Internet Protocol and other new technologies.
* An expert installer can untangle the spaghetti cabling behind a business’ computer server rack to make it neat and easy to upgrade.

An authentic expert in phone cabling and data cabling doesn’t merely pull the lines through the walls. He or she provides the customer with advice on cable system design, along with installation and instruction on how to maintain the cabling. In addition, the able expert should be able to relocate cable appropriately, to patch existing cable and to make changes to an existing infrastructure.

With telecommunications so crucial to business today, don’t leave the essential connections – phone cabling and data cabling – to amateurs. Always hire professional cabling installers.